Stevens Transit Research Group hosts 6th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase, New Brunswick, N.J., Oct. 19
Experts from government, industry and academia to share insights, solutions
HOBOKEN, N.J. — The Stevens Transportation Research Group (STRG) at Stevens Institute of Technology will host the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s “NJDOT Research Showcase 2004,” at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, N.J. For additional information, directions, and to register online, please visit the Showcase website at: www.stevens.edu/engineering/njdot
The Showcase will feature panel discussions to identify future research needs and highlight completed research projects. There will also be a keynote address from NJDOT management and congressional representatives, recognition of outstanding students, and booth and poster displays from the research community.
“This is an opportunity for transportation practitioners and decision makers
to join together and showcase its activities,” said Professor Richard
Berkof, who helped organize the 2004 Showcase.
Scheduled speakers include:
Dr. Harold
Raveche, President, Stevens Institute of Technology;
Hon. John F. Lettiere, Commissioner, New Jersey Department
of Transportation;
Hon. Dennis
Merida, Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration; Dr. George
Korfiatis, Dean of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology; Congressman
Bill Pascrell,
8th Congressional District of New Jersey, Member, Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure; Senator Nicholas J. Sacco,
Legislative District 32, Chair, Senate Transportation Committee; Senator Andrew
R. Ciesla, Legislative District 10, Co-Chair, Senate Transportation Committee;
Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, Legislative District 19, Chair, Assembly Transportation
Committee; and
Dennis Keck, Assistant Commissioner, NJDOT Planning and Development.
The Luncheon/Keynote Speaker will be Dennis C. Judycki, Associate Administrator for Research, Development, and Technology, Federal Highway Administration.
The Distinguished Speaker on research matters will be Dr. Steven Velinsky, Director, Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technology Research Center, University of California – Davis.
The STRG is headed by Professors Berkhof, Jae Chung, and Sophia Hassiotis (rberkof@stevens.edu, jchung3@stevens.edu, shassiot@stevens.edu).
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